Category Archives: Driving
Summer Terrors
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer issued this statement the other day: “The President believes that solving our fiscal problems is an economic imperative. But in order to do that, we cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, popular culture, The Street
Driving Mr. Warmth
I was Don Rickles’ driver. He had just finished the late show at a major room in Vegas, and was standing in front of the hotel waiting for me to pull around and pick him up. But I couldn’t find … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, Imagine, popular culture
Top 10 Things That Will Trigger the Check Engine Light on a 2001 Volvo V40
10. Circular rotation of the wheels 9. Circular rotation of the earth 8. Wireless signal received from mechanic’s bank: “Mortgage payment due on Ft. Meyers time share” 7. Swedish holiday VALBORGSMÄSSOAFTON 6. Starting the car 5. Flimsy 10-cent radiator hose … Continue reading
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300 Years at the Drive-up
When, like us, you’re lucky enough to see your marriage pass the three hundred year mark, you laugh at one another’s idiosyncrasies. You would miss them were they absent. I like to kid my wife about requesting Michelin 5-star restaurant … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, Imagine, Middle-aged Guys, midlife, Til death do us part
P245 75R16
P245 75R16: 8 a.m. at the Tire Center There are two of us sitting and waiting in this little room with the TV turned off and the last drops of an empty glass carafe crackling into vapor on the Bunn-O-Matic … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, Shop til you stop
Top 10 Failed U-Haul Business Spin-offs
10. U-Drag 9. U-Stall 9. U-Kidding? 7. U-Plunder 6. U-Tweeze 5. U-Tube (oh so close) 4. U-Appall 3. U-Fired 2. U-Again? 1. U-Asked For It
Filed under Driving, Feeling Listless?
Cash for Clunkers with Kids
A new government report says that a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend $221,000 to raise that child through age 17. This means that, with three kids inside, your Cash for Clunkers trade-in is now worth … Continue reading
Filed under Driving
Names That Don’t Go With their Creations Department.
The name of the designer behind the new BMW Z4 is … Adrian Van Hooydonk.
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Our Resolutions for the New Year
by guest author Bob Jacobs This year, we’ve resolved to keep our list simple and achievable. Instead of losing weight, I’m going to become taller. My brother-in-law had back surgery this year; a 2” platinum spacer was placed in his … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, Health, Holidays, Middle-aged Guys
GPS with MIL
I bought a GPS at Sears this week and got lost on the way home. I should have asked it for directions on how to use it. Now the thing sits proudly on the dashboard of my enormous SUV like … Continue reading
Filed under Driving, GPS, Middle-aged Guys, popular culture, Til death do us part
